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Statue of James Watt at Handsworth, Birmingham. Pic by Adrian Mahoney.
August 25, 2019 Editor event, Events

200th anniversary of Watt’s death

Today (August 25, 2019) marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Scottish inventor and engineer James Watt.

Events are taking place today and over the next few months to celebrate his life and legacy.

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WORDS ABOUT WATT

“Watt succeeded at the age of 29, where older and more experienced engineers had failed. We tend to think of Watt as he appears in this portrait, middle-aged – but his great breakthrough was made in his twenties. He was a young Turk who showed his elders how to do it.”

Professor Gordon Masterton, University of Edinburgh

 

“An explorer of many things, and a great man.”

Andrew Carnegie

 

“For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle boil; Roentgen fogged some photographic plates. And these people knew enough to translate ordinary happenings into something new.”

Sir Alexander Fleming

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